Tom Brenner - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Tom Brenner

Department: Social Science

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK300R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

fav teacher...cute in an old man kind of way...some people say he's monotone...but he's totally passionate

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Amazing professor, amazing person. So much experience and wisdom to share. Intelligent, fair grader who is extremely engaging and makes the course and assignments relevant. Only 2 problems: 1. He is so busy in the community he can get overloaded and take forever to return assignments 2. If you take more than one class with him it can get redundant.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK300R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Class was enjoyable with good discussions. Exam questions come from his lecture slides and he expects students to know the specific details (names, dates, etc.)

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome discussions in class!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SCWRK120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I looked forward to going to class, the group assignments were fun. Brenner was helpful and enthusiastic. I recomend this class and would love to have Brenner as a porf again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Before his class i had no interest in policy, now I am doing my Masters in social policy. Amazing, passionate, truly a great man.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr.Brenner is by far the best prof I have had in all of my post secondary education. He is passionate about his work and has so much experience. His teaching style is excellent. He is genuine and takes interest in his students. This was a great class and I hope to take more of his classes in future. A good person to talk to a to about anything.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof. Very easy to talk to, helps students if they are not understanding. Trys to use examples for better explaination

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK120R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a really sweet man but I don't think he explains concepts very well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POLICY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i found this class extremely boring and hard to understand, tom got off topic alot. generally a good teacher but i just didnt enjoy the class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 300R
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Made me become more passionate about policy! I loved the "news session" before we started lecturing. However, goes off on tangents about quebecois and health care ;)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOCIALPOLICY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

he does a great job of facilitating conversation, and talking about the news and current topics. not so great on the lectures though. nice guy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOWK300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

very unclear and unfocussed

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SW150R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doesn't explain concepts very well. Makes students feel stupid if they answer a question wrong.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He likes to hear himself talk and rambles on, repeats himself and reads from the text. course material is tired and so is he. I expected a lot more, big disappointment

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK300R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

An easy course because he is a very conversational lecturer. Thom is totally passionate and into his job, and field of study.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK300R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is my favourite class. Very passionate about the course, easy to follow, fun to listen to, just an overall joy to be in his class!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SW300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent profession. What a man. Super duper passionate about his work.. sometimes flustered, but always a blast. We love ya Thom. we know you read this.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOCWK
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great Prof. Very nice guy! Good discussion, has fun while teaching and a good and fair marker!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SW300R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Smart, funny, passionate about policy. Loved the class!